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dent and secretary as previously planned. This would result in reducing the ex¬ 
pense of holding the conference. 
The matter was referred to the President of the association and I was appointed 
to act in that capacity which explains why I am making this report. 
Prior to the time of the meeting an agenda was received with a request that it be 
given careful thought. 
The conference was attended by the following organizations: American Associa¬ 
tion for the Advancement of Science; Sections F (Zoology), G (Botany), N (Medical 
Sciences), and O (Agriculture); American Society of Naturalists; American Society 
of Zoologists; Botanical Society of America; Genetics Sections of the Botanical 
Society of America and the American Society of Zoologists; American Genetic 
Association; Ecological Society of America; American Phytopathological Society; 
American Society for Horticultural Science; Society of American Foresters; Society 
of American Bacteriologists; American Society of Agronomy; Entomological Society 
of America; American Association of Economic Entomologists; American Society 
of Animal Production; American Dairy Science Association; Federation of American 
Societies for Experimental Biology; The Executive Committee of the Division of 
Biology and Agriculture of the National Research Council. 
Each of the above societies and sections were represented by one delegate and the 
executive committee of the Division of Biology and Agriculture of the National 
Research Council by 7 members. 
The conference organized with Prof. L. R. Jones as chairman and Prof. A. Frank¬ 
lin Shull as secretary. 
Professor F. R. Lillie explained the agenda that had been sent out and it was 
decided that plans for the annual meeting, with relation to programs, etc., should be 
referred to a committee consisting of the secretaries of the American Society of 
Naturalists, Botanical Society of America and American Society of Zoologists, who 
would co-operate with the permanent Secretary of the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science. 
After a general discussion the following committee was appointed to consider the 
situation and report at the afternoon session: Frank R. Lillie, University of Chicago; 
C. W. Greene, University of Missouri; I. F. Lewis, University of Virginia; C. E. 
McClung, University of Pennsylvania; A. Franklin Shull, University of Michigan; 
R. E. Thatcher, N. Y. Agricultural Experiment Station, H. B. Ward, University of 
Illinois; and B. E. Livingston, representing the American Association for the Ad¬ 
vancement of Science. 
They presented the following recommendations, which were adopted: 
1. That the vote of the Toronto conference in favor of the idea of federation be 
reaffirmed. 
2. That the proposed federation be styled the Federation of American Biological 
Societies. 
3. That the members of the federation be societies, not individuals, and that all 
societies represented in this conference be eligible to charter membership. 
. 4. That a council of the federation be established, consisting of two representa¬ 
tives from each society, these to be the president and secretary unless otherwise 
designated by the society. 
5. That the council choose an executive committee from its own membership. 
